are we'll go back to sue turton in cairo. away from the protests and politics, this is a legal trial. the burden of proof is on the prosecution to prove insightment, in the end. >> indeed. that is the charter, the charge against mohamed morsi, insightment to commit murter, as domenic explained, this is all to do with events outside the presidential palace last december, when a sit-in of oint mohamed morsi supporters was clear. for this to be due process, a fair trial, really they should have had access to lawyers. we are hearing from the legal team that they've not been allowed to see him before today or the trial. the former presidential candidate is heading up the team and they are furious, all the lawyers are furious, to do with all 15 defendants. authorities have given 10 permits out for 25 lawyers who wanted to be in court to put the case for their defendants. they are also furious that they only got the documents, 7,000 pages, relating to the trial a couple of days before the trial begins. already complaints that there

sue turton has more from cairo, where the arab league met to discuss cairo. the new head of the arab league said there was no way the syrian coalition would sustained the geneva ii conference if iran was to attend. >> what we are clearly asking from you is to support and stop a regime, blood, security. first of all, declare iran as an occupying force of syria and demand it to withdraw the revolutionary guard. >> he put other conditions as to whether they would go or not. he expected iran's revolutionary guard to be pulled out of the syrian conflict, and hezbollah, and iraqi militia fighting. it makes the chances of the snc turning up to the conference unlikely. >> sue turton reporting. the snc renewed calls for international community to arm fighters. despite wrists among factions, the snc promises the weapons will not fall into the wrong hands. >> there'll be no clementsy for edward snowden. he's asking for leniency from the government. members of the white house denied his request. he leaked secret government documents about the n.s.a., including informatio

. >> sue turton has the latest from cairo. >> it's merging that the discussions with nabil fahmy, the egyptian foreign minister, and john kerry, included a situation in regards to syria. we are hearing out of the arab league there was an emergency meeting of foreign minister resist this evening, egyptian time. the egyptian foreign minister will present a vision, initiative that the u.s. and egyptians discussed. if initiative is regarding the geneva ii convention - we know that they are trying to get all parties around the table later on in november, to try to come to some sort of political diplomatic halt to the violence that is going on in syria. apparently they have come up with a plan, a vision. this vision will be presented to all of the various foreign ministers later on this evening. we are watching whether that's received and whether it's an idea that may move matters forward. >> john kerry's visit marks the first by an american official since the ousting of mohamed morsi in july. he urged egypt to move ahead with democratic reforms, stressing that u.s. ties with the country ar

let's cross to our correspondent sue turton, who has been standing by in cairo. sum up for us what the foreign minister was saying before we came in to the press conference. sue, we were trying to listen in to what john kerry was saying. we were having translation issues. could you sum up for us what we were hearing from the egyptian foreign minister earlier? >> yes, all we heard really so far is a welcome. the foreign minister really saying that they are trying to improve bilateral relations. those relations strained in the last month since the u.s. put a temporary freeze on a lot of military aid passed to egypt on an annual basis, because of concerns the u.s. has regarding the democracy. not since the interim government since mohamed morsi was ousted over the summer. the message from the foreign minister is that we are trying to improve relations. we heard a snippet from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry saying they've been talking over the phone. we know relations - they've tried to keep the relations going. the message out of the egyptian government over

. >> thank you, sue turton, live in cairo. let's talk more about john kerry's visit to egypt, and put it in perspective. let's go to washington. i asked rosalind jordan how the u.s. can reconcile support in egypt whilst working with a military-backed government. >> essentially it comes down to two facts about u.s. foreign policy in the middle east - one, the u.s. is committed to maintaining the peace treaty between egypt and israel. it cannot end a relationship with egypt in order to maintain the peace treaty. that is where you see some of the material, some of the military parts that are being given to the military to help preserve the security in the sinai peninsula. there's the matter of enhancing the u.s.'s stature across the great e-middle east. it would -- greater middle east. it would not do for the barack obama situation to cut off all ties with a country with whom it has had a longstanding political relationship. one of points that john kerry is making whilst in cairo is that the interim government, backed by the mili

sue turton has the details. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry landed in cairo specting a frosty reception. it's a month ago until a temporary freeze was put on aid. >> the human rights and democratic principals will not be adveered. the relationship looked to be mending. a press conference with the foreign minister and john kerry talked about improving bilateral relations. john kerry was warmed and gladdened that there was a roadmap towards better democrat uk plips pal gs -- democratic principals. >> others are interested in the trial of president mohamed morsi, starting monday. >> more allegations against the n.s.a. this time it involves spying on un secretary general ban ki-moon. the "new york times" says the intelligence agency intercepted talking points for moonprior to his visit last april. the paper sass the disclosure was a highlight in a top-secret report. the white house is not commenting, bus there are reports that the administration ordered an end to the assassination. >> hakimullah mehsud was buried secr

let's talk to sue turton live from cairo. >> this is not the first time we've heard this, but the fact that it's three weeks from when the talks are being held, makes it seem less likely that the talks will take off. >> yes, another nail in the coffin, really, of those hopeful geneva ii talks that were due to happen late november. not the only nail on the coffin. not only did they want an assurance that iran would not attend the geneva ii convention, he wanted an assurance that iran would pull out its revolutionary guard, and iraq boo do the -- would do the same with its fighters involved in the syrian conflict. that's a tall order. the only way they'd sit around the table is if all fighters were pulled out. iran was not at the tail something that russia was pushing for. >> will it make a difference in this publishing arena, in front of the arab league? >> will it make a difference? i think it pushes the point forward that they are in a difficult situation, to try to get both parties around the negotiating table. lakhdar brahimi the u.s. and arab envoy who has been in syria trying to p

more centre sue turton in cara. >> the new member of the coalition says there's no way that the syrianational coalition will attend the conference if iran was to attend. >> translation: what we are asking from you is to support a direction in relation to the region's security and the international community's conscience. dlair iran as an occupying force. if >> he put other conditions as to whether they'd go or not. he said that he expected iran's revolutionary guard to be pulled out of the syrian conflict and hezbollah, and iraqi militia fighting in syria. it makes the chances of turning up to the conference unlikely. >> in syria - the syrian opposition is made up of different factions, many of them politicians in exile. >> a devastating fallout from the war in syria is the rise in polio. foreign fighters from pakistan are being blamed for the outbreak. united nations confirmed 10 polio patients in north-east syria, the first confirmed outbreak of the disease in 14 years. illness is prevalent. syrian leaders believe fighters carried polio into rebel areas. >> the 20-month war in the de